OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising a new approach to managing Canada’s toxic drug crisis, but what he’s saying about that crisis is an irresponsible distortion of the facts, his critics charge. His promises — which include the suggestion he’d scale back safe-supply programs in favor of putting more resources into addiction treatment … Read more
#GTAHomeHunt is a weekly series from the Star that gets into the details of real estate listings in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area. Have a tip? Email us at social@torstar.ca Listing price: $999,000 Sale price: $845,000 Neighborhood: Bolton, a village in the Town of Caledon X-Factor: Located a few minutes south of the Humber … Read more
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security and intelligence adviser says the head of the RCMP failed to inform the federal cabinet when it was on the cusp of invoking the Emergencies Act of her view that police had not exhausted all legal tools to deal with last winter’s so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests, an … Read more
Mayor John Tory convincing Premier Doug Ford’s government to make his new strong mayor powers even stronger is being called a power grab by some councilors and an “unprecedented attack” on local government by at least one political expert. Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark on Wednesday introduced “strong mayor” legislation allowing mayors of Toronto and … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of parents and students face more labor uncertainty in schools after the Canadian Union of Public Employees rejected the equivalent of a 15.2 per cent raise over four years. Despite Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives backing down on a two-tier wage scheme, Laura Walton, president of the CUPE school boards bargaining unit, … Read more
In her 33-years with the City of Toronto, planner Lynda Macdonald has played a key role in transforming once neglected and abandoned acres into some of the city’s most exciting new neighborhoods. Fort York, CityPlace, the central waterfront — they have all bloomed under her watch, sprouting gleaming towers full of thousands of homes, shops … Read more
The calls are coming quicker and growing stronger: bring back mask mandates to help curtail the triple threat of COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus that’s sickening Ontarians and putting pressure on an already teetering hospital system. With cases only expected to spike over the next two months, the growing chorus of medical professionals say … Read more
As students returned to classrooms and contract talks resumed Tuesday with school support workers from CUPE, a conciliatory Premier Doug Ford said he had made “an improved offer” and doesn’t “want to fight” any more. “If I have to put some water in my wine, so be it … I want the kids in class, … Read more
As thousands of striking school support workers protest at Queen’s Park and across the province, the government is before the labor relations board trying to put a stop to CUPE’s job action. “Immediately following proclamation of the Keeping Students in Class Act (Thursday afternoon), we filed a submission to the Ontario Labor Relations Board in … Read more
Talks aimed at averting a strike by 55,000 Ontario school support workers collapsed Thursday as Premier Doug Ford’s government was poised to ram through legislation overriding Charter rights and imposing a contract and banning a walkout. Despite hefty cash fines from Queen’s Park, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees are still planning to … Read more
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